Brown got his start on season seven of the
ultimate fighter; he was eliminated by the eventual winner Amir Sadollah. Brown got his nickname "The Immortal" from his friends after surviving a drug over-dose. Brown
is purple belt in BJJ and is working towards a black belt in Judo. He is also
known for having a kitchen sink for a chin as he has never been knocked or
stopped with strikes in 29 MMA fights. He has 18 wins and 11 losses, 9 of those
losses are by Submission, submission grappling has been the one area in which
Matt Brown has faltered. He has lost by submission to: Lytle twice, Ricardo Almeida, Brian Foster and a
Seth Baczynski Guillotine and a few no-names but that was back in 2007. While he may lack top notch submission defense Brown has cardio and heart for days, has never been knocked out and hits like a MACK truck, throw in good kicks to the body, devastating elbows and a suffocating clinch game you have one very tough fighter to deal with.
Eric Silva (5'11, 74" Reach)
Silva came into the UFC with much hype but currently sits with a 4 - 3 record inside the octagon. This is a bit decieving however as one lose was via DQ for striking the back of the head of Carlo Prater and a second was s fight of the night effort in what seems to be Jon Fitch's last decent fight ever, there is no excuse for the third lose where Silva was caught moving straight backwards and knocked out cold for the first time in his career. Silva has a good clinch and decent wrestling, he is a black belt in Judo and BJJ and throws heavy strikes. He has a much less deverse arsenal of strikes than Browne but probably hits almost as hard. Silva does hold 9 wins via submission while brown has been submitted 9 times in his career, this is something to look for if the fight hits the Mat, Brown is a brawler but he usually fights smart (see the clinch fest against noted master kick boxer Stephen Thompson) so I feel like he will do his best to keep this standing.
Prediction - Browne has never been finished and this is a 5 round fight, I feel like Brown could go 10 hard rounds if he really needed to, I can't say even close to the same for Silva. I've been picking main events poorly lately but I can't help but feel like Brown takes a 7th straight win here, Silva will have his moments but I feel like Brown's cardio and pace will be too much for the Brazilian, also Brown fights out of Cincinnati so he is basically fighting at home while Silva makes the trek from Brazil. Brown via TKO round 4.
Brown got his start on season seven of the
ultimate fighter; he was eliminated by the eventual winner Amir Sadollah. Brown got his nickname "The Immortal" from his friends after surviving a drug over-dose. Brown
is purple belt in BJJ and is working towards a black belt in Judo. He is also
known for having a kitchen sink for a chin as he has never been knocked or
stopped with strikes in 29 MMA fights. He has 18 wins and 11 losses, 9 of those
losses are by Submission, submission grappling has been the one area in which
Matt Brown has faltered. He has lost by submission to: Lytle twice, Ricardo Almeida, Brian Foster and a
Seth Baczynski Guillotine and a few no-names but that was back in 2007. While he may lack top notch submission defense Brown has cardio and heart for days, has never been knocked out and hits like a MACK truck, throw in good kicks to the body, devastating elbows and a suffocating clinch game you have one very tough fighter to deal with.
Eric Silva (5'11, 74" Reach)
Silva came into the UFC with much hype but currently sits with a 4 - 3 record inside the octagon. This is a bit decieving however as one lose was via DQ for striking the back of the head of Carlo Prater and a second was s fight of the night effort in what seems to be Jon Fitch's last decent fight ever, there is no excuse for the third lose where Silva was caught moving straight backwards and knocked out cold for the first time in his career. Silva has a good clinch and decent wrestling, he is a black belt in Judo and BJJ and throws heavy strikes. He has a much less deverse arsenal of strikes than Browne but probably hits almost as hard. Silva does hold 9 wins via submission while brown has been submitted 9 times in his career, this is something to look for if the fight hits the Mat, Brown is a brawler but he usually fights smart (see the clinch fest against noted master kick boxer Stephen Thompson) so I feel like he will do his best to keep this standing.
Prediction - Browne has never been finished and this is a 5 round fight, I feel like Brown could go 10 hard rounds if he really needed to, I can't say even close to the same for Silva. I've been picking main events poorly lately but I can't help but feel like Brown takes a 7th straight win here, Silva will have his moments but I feel like Brown's cardio and pace will be too much for the Brazilian, also Brown fights out of Cincinnati so he is basically fighting at home while Silva makes the trek from Brazil. Brown via TKO round 4.
Costa Philippou hails from
the Republic of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. He was a pro boxer
before changing over to MMA. He set up
shop with Matt Serra and Ray Longo and the Serra-Longo fight team. Slowly but
surely Costa has evolved into a complete mixed martial artist. He lost a split
to decision to former UFC fighter Ricardo Romero in his first pro fight. Costa
would then go on to win seven of his next eight with a no-contest somewhere in
there. He made his octagon debut on short notice against Nick Catone (catch
weight 195) who delivered Philippou’s second defeat. Costa would then beat the heavy
handed striker Jorge Rivera by close, but impressive, split decision, he
knocked out the rubber chinned Jared Hamman with a beautiful punch and then
handed Court McGee his second career loss. Court came into that fight 12 – 1,
TUF season 11 winner and 3-0 in the UFC. Since the McGee fight Costa has gone 2
– 2 with loses to Carmont and Rockhold.Costa
has recently changed camps, I don’t know much about Bellmore Kickboxing MMA but
one has to think leaving Serra-Longo was not a good idea, leave a gym founded
on wrestling and BJJ (your biggest weaknesses) to join a camp that has
Kickboxing in its name when you’re one of the more technical strikers in the
division, doesn’t make much sense but I’m sure there is a bunch of info and
stuff behind the scenes I’m missing. What I do know is that Costa is 0 – 2 since
the move and was wrestle fucked for the first time in a while in the Carmont
fight. Thing is Larkin (0.29) attempts
even less take-downs per fight than Costa (0.48) so one has to think this will
be contested on the feet.
Larkin
Larkin is striker first and foremost, while he does possess a purple belt in
BJJ he sports no wins or loses via submission, a testament to both his
submission and take-down defense. Larkin
holds a 5 – 0 record as an amateur boxer, thinking he would be too short to
compete as a heavyweight boxer Larkin transitioned to Kickboxing and Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu and the rest is history.Fresh
off a win over Robbie Lawler Larkin entered the UFC with a bit of hype around
his aggressive and flashy striking game. He would put up a spirited effort
against Carmont, stuffing 9 of Carmonts 11 take-down attempts and out striking
the Frenchman with significant strikes, Carmont hit 12 of 75 significant
strikes for a 16% clip while Larkin landed 32 of 82 good for about 40%, even
with these stats Larkin somehow lost a UD, I remember thinking it was bullshit
when I was watching it. Since then Larkin beat Camozzi via UD but recently
looked a bit slow and plodding against Brad Tavares who is right up there with
Robbie Lawler and King MO for Larkin’s toughest fight yet. Carmontt struggles
when his opponent can get his hands on him and push him around the cage and
look for take-downs,asI pointed out in Costa’s write up there is
almost no chance either man shoots for a take-down here so again, we have to
assume this plays out standing.
Costa Philippou hails from
the Republic of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. He was a pro boxer
before changing over to MMA. He set up
shop with Matt Serra and Ray Longo and the Serra-Longo fight team. Slowly but
surely Costa has evolved into a complete mixed martial artist. He lost a split
to decision to former UFC fighter Ricardo Romero in his first pro fight. Costa
would then go on to win seven of his next eight with a no-contest somewhere in
there. He made his octagon debut on short notice against Nick Catone (catch
weight 195) who delivered Philippou’s second defeat. Costa would then beat the heavy
handed striker Jorge Rivera by close, but impressive, split decision, he
knocked out the rubber chinned Jared Hamman with a beautiful punch and then
handed Court McGee his second career loss. Court came into that fight 12 – 1,
TUF season 11 winner and 3-0 in the UFC. Since the McGee fight Costa has gone 2
– 2 with loses to Carmont and Rockhold.Costa
has recently changed camps, I don’t know much about Bellmore Kickboxing MMA but
one has to think leaving Serra-Longo was not a good idea, leave a gym founded
on wrestling and BJJ (your biggest weaknesses) to join a camp that has
Kickboxing in its name when you’re one of the more technical strikers in the
division, doesn’t make much sense but I’m sure there is a bunch of info and
stuff behind the scenes I’m missing. What I do know is that Costa is 0 – 2 since
the move and was wrestle fucked for the first time in a while in the Carmont
fight. Thing is Larkin (0.29) attempts
even less take-downs per fight than Costa (0.48) so one has to think this will
be contested on the feet.
Larkin
Larkin is striker first and foremost, while he does possess a purple belt in
BJJ he sports no wins or loses via submission, a testament to both his
submission and take-down defense. Larkin
holds a 5 – 0 record as an amateur boxer, thinking he would be too short to
compete as a heavyweight boxer Larkin transitioned to Kickboxing and Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu and the rest is history.Fresh
off a win over Robbie Lawler Larkin entered the UFC with a bit of hype around
his aggressive and flashy striking game. He would put up a spirited effort
against Carmont, stuffing 9 of Carmonts 11 take-down attempts and out striking
the Frenchman with significant strikes, Carmont hit 12 of 75 significant
strikes for a 16% clip while Larkin landed 32 of 82 good for about 40%, even
with these stats Larkin somehow lost a UD, I remember thinking it was bullshit
when I was watching it. Since then Larkin beat Camozzi via UD but recently
looked a bit slow and plodding against Brad Tavares who is right up there with
Robbie Lawler and King MO for Larkin’s toughest fight yet. Carmontt struggles
when his opponent can get his hands on him and push him around the cage and
look for take-downs,asI pointed out in Costa’s write up there is
almost no chance either man shoots for a take-down here so again, we have to
assume this plays out standing.
I'm honestly shocked that Brown is +180! It's the only thing that seems fishy not that I'm that type but for the life of me I can't figure why it's not closer to even. Am I missing something here?
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I'm honestly shocked that Brown is +180! It's the only thing that seems fishy not that I'm that type but for the life of me I can't figure why it's not closer to even. Am I missing something here?
Erik Koch
vs.
Daron Cruickshank Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70.3 kg) There is a ton of value with Daron in the +280 range, Koch has pretty good wrestling and more ways to win it would seem. Prediction - Koch via spit decision.
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Ran out of time this week, rest will be short.
Erik Koch
vs.
Daron Cruickshank Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70.3 kg) There is a ton of value with Daron in the +280 range, Koch has pretty good wrestling and more ways to win it would seem. Prediction - Koch via spit decision.
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